LA Times Daily Crossword October 18, 2022 Answers

1. "Barbaric" cry in Whitman's "Song of Myself" 5. Departed 9. Stockpile 14. Actress Falco 15. Thin batteries 16. "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!" host Peter 17. *Busy stretch at a sandwich shop 19. Dish 20. Snuck a look 21. Clock readout 23. Shoe front 24. Verbalize 25. *Crumple, as notepaper filled with bad ideas 27. Lets off steam 29. Lightbulb unit 30. "Fiddlesticks!" 31. Brief "If you ask me" 32. Letter-shaped support 34. Provençal pal 36. *Fare that pairs well with beer 38. *Ticket marketplace with a FanProtect Guarantee 42. Farmyard oinker 43. Worrisome grades 44. Actress de Armas 45. __ facto 48. "__ sesame!" 50. Otherwise 52. *Source of bribe money, perhaps 54. Scoundrel 55. Used to be 56. Natural hairstyle 57. Infomercial disclaimer 60. College application part 62. "I'm handing this off now," and a phonetic description of the answers to the starred clues 64. Revise 65. __ as a pin 66. Watch over, as sheep 67. Odorless gas 68. Tacks on 69. Poems of praise

1. [You stepped on my paw!] 2. For two voices, in music 3. Connoisseur who likely scoffs at boxed Merlot 4. Eat like a bird 5. Baker's fat 6. __ de toilette 7. Tracy Chapman hit with the line "Won't have to drive too far" 8. Summer top 9. Colorado ski resort 10. Prefix with practice 11. "Death on the Nile" novelist Christie 12. Stayed on the sidelines 13. Snoozes 18. Activation phrase for Apple's digital assistant 22. Change genetically 25. DNA test kit item 26. High-sided bed 27. Big shot, briefly 28. Ostrich kin 33. "Scram!" 35. Broadway offering 37. Main mail ctrs. 38. Put in the mail 39. Like some small-batch textiles 40. Card game with an American Girl version 41. Belfry critter 43. Stood for 45. "Cross my heart!" 46. Blood component 47. Figured (out) 49. Fancy Feast maker 51. "I __ see the humor here" 53. Composer known as the "Father of the Symphony" 57. Butter portions 58. Top of the line 59. Disappointing fireworks 61. "It's __-win situation" 63. Glum